cascar
Spanish, verb/kasˈkaɾ/
cascar is spelled C-A-S-C-A-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written Spanish, the 117,287th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cascar is a Spanish verb meaning “to crack, to split” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Con un golpe, quebrantar o hender una cosa quebradiza o (relativamente) dura”.
What does cascar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to crack, to split
- 2
informalto hit
- 3
informalto wank
- 4
Spaininformalto chatter
- 5
informalto snuff it (die)
- 6
informalto slap (a fine on someone)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Con un golpe, quebrantar o hender una cosa quebradiza o (relativamente) dura. 2. Infligir algo abrupto, inesperado, indeseado o desagradable. 3. Dar golpes. 4. Contar algo indiscreto o inconveniente.
verb: 1. Perder la vida. 2. Detenerse o dejar de funcionar de golpe. 3. Hablar en chismes o en conversación liviana. 4. Irse de un sitio de modo rápido.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of cascar
- casco first-person present singular
- casqué first-person preterite singular
- cascado participle past
- c-qu alternation
- cascando gerund
- cascada feminine participle past
- cascados masculine participle past
- cascadas feminine participle past
- cascas indicative informal present
- cascás indicative informal present
- casca indicative present singular
- cascamos first-person indicative plural
- cascáis indicative plural present
- cascan indicative plural present
- cascaba first-person imperfect indicative
- cascabas imperfect indicative second-person
- cascábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- cascabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cascar?
- /kasˈkaɾ/
- [kasˈkaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cascar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cascar in Spanish?
cascar appears about once in every 10 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).